/*
* Rich HTML Ticker- by JavaScript Kit (http://www.javascriptkit.com)
* Freeware. Created Sept 13th, 08'
* This credit must stay intact for use
*/

var richhtmlticker={
loadingtext: '<em>Fetching Ticker Contents. Please wait...</em>', //Loading text if content is being fetched via Ajax

getajaxcontent:function($, config){
  config.$ticker.html(this.loadingtext)
  $.ajax({
    url: config.msgsource,
    error:function(ajaxrequest){
      config.$ticker.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
    },
    success:function(content){
      config.$ticker.html(content)
      richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
    }
  })
},

rotate:function(config){
  if (config.$ticker.get(0)._hoverstate=="over"){
    setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
  }
  else{
    config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeOut(config.animateduration, function(){
      config.currentmsg=(config.currentmsg<config.$messages.length-1)? config.currentmsg+1 : 0
      config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration, function(){
        setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
      })
    })
  }
},

getCookie:function(Name){ 
  var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
  if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
    return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
  return null
},

setCookie:function(name, value){
  document.cookie = name+"="+value
},

setupticker:function(config){
  config.$messages=config.$ticker.find('div.'+config.msgclass).hide()
  config.currentmsg=Math.min(parseInt(richhtmlticker.getCookie(config.id) || 0), config.$messages.length-1)
  config.$messages.hide().eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration)
  setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
  $(window).bind('unload', function(){richhtmlticker.cleanup(config)})
},

define:function(config){
  jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    config.$ticker=$('#'+config.id)
    if (config.$ticker.length==0)
      return
    config.$ticker.css({overflow:'hidden'}).hover(
      function(){this._hoverstate="over"},
      function(){this._hoverstate="out"}
    )
    if (config.msgsource=="inline"){
      richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
    }    
    else{
      richhtmlticker.getajaxcontent($,config)
    }
  })
},

cleanup:function(config){
  this.setCookie(config.id, config.currentmsg)
}

} //end richhtmlticker object




//////////// Declare instance of Rich HTML Ticker (invoked when page has loaded): ///////////////////////////

richhtmlticker.define({
  id: "myhtmlticker", //main ticker DIV id
  msgclass: "messagediv", //CSS class of DIVs containing each ticker message
  msgsource: "inline", //Where to look for the messages: "inline", or "path_to_file_on_your_server"
  rotatespeed: 5000, //pause in milliseconds between rotation
  animateduration: 1000 //duration of fade animation in milliseconds 
})